(9 Aug 2024)
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Nablus, West Bank – 9 August 2024
1. Various of Amado Sison, a US citizen volunteer who was shot in the leg, on hospital bed
2. Close of injured leg
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Amado Sison , US citizen volunteer who was shot in the leg:
"We were there to support a demonstration at Beita. And we were there to provide protective presence, nonviolent, as internationals, to show support. We were there to film, to make sure that, the Israeli occupation army, you know, we have recordings just in case of anything that they do. They shot tear gas at us. They shot live rounds. And, at one point, they came down to where we were. We ran to the olive groves. Through the olive groves and they shot me in the back of the leg."
4. Sison on hospital bed having a conversation
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Amado Sison, US citizen volunteer who was shot in the leg:
"As internationals, we support, Palestinians. We take their lead. And we are nonviolent as internationals. And support, Palestinians in whatever they do."
6. Various of Sison at Hospital
7. Exterior of Rafdia hospital
STORYLINE:
An American pro-Palestinian activist said Friday that he was shot by Israeli soldiers while protecting Palestinians at a demonstration in the occupied West Bank.
Activist Amado Sison bore a gunshot wound in his right thigh but was in stable condition following the shooting, speaking to the AP from his hospital bed in the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
Sison said soldiers shot him at a protest in the West Bank village of Beita, which he’d attended to guard Palestinian protesters from Israeli forces and to film any acts of violence.
The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the shooting.
The soldiers shot live ammunition and teargas at the activists, he said, hitting him in the back of the leg as he tried to flee.
“We ran to the olive groves, through the olive groves, and they shot me in the back of the legs,” said Sison.
A doctor at the hospital, who requested anonymity for fear of arrest, confirmed that Sison arrived to the emergency room with a gunshot wound and said he was being treated with antibiotics.
Sison is from New Jersey and traveled to the West Bank earlier this week, he said.
“As internationals, we support Palestinians, we take their lead, we are nonviolent," he said.
When asked about the incident by The AP, a U.S. government spokesperson said they were aware of reports that an American citizen had been injured, but could not provide information due to privacy considerations.
Though violence in the West Bank has flared since Oct. 7, shootings of foreigners by Israeli forces are rare.
Since Oct 7, 620 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank, many in stepped-up Israeli raids on Palestinian towns and cities.
AP video shot by Aref Tufaha
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